Description: This is the 25 Pfennig value from the Five-Year Plan definitive series issued by the German Democratic Republic (DDR). Printed in a deep, dark emerald green, the vignette features a team of industrial workers performing heavy maintenance on a massive steam locomotive.The locomotive depicted is specifically the Class 52 (Baureihe 52), a famous heavy freight train. The scene shows one worker high up by the open smokebox door cleaning the boiler tubes, while others inspect the running gear and chassis below. The artist's name, E. GRUNER, is signed in the bottom-left corner. Your copy bears a partial black cancellation mark.
Circa: 1953 - 1962
Condition: Used
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